European foreword

This document (EN 14344:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 252 “Child care articles”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2022.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 14344:2004.

In comparison with the previous edition, the following significant changes have been made:

— complete review of the standard in a hazard-based format;
— alignment with the common practices applied in other technical groups of CEN/TC 252 (hazards from gaps and openings – finger entrapment, entanglement hazards…);
— definition of a new protected volume;
— inclusion of specific requirements for specific seats with a reclining function;
— improvement of the measuring device;
— introduction of a new test method for the protection for feet;
— introduction of a new test method for footrest adjustment;
— introduction of a new test method for the measurement of the angle of the backrest.

This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 14344:2022

Child care articles. Child seats for cycles. Safety requirements and test methods

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Published:

31 Aug 2022